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Aisha and Abhaya: Behind the Scenes

Aisha & Abhaya was an ambitious new Rambert creation with director Kibwe Tavares. This was a fantistical journey into other worlds with live performance fused with film and animation performed to packed houses at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio. Here are its origins in the studio.

We loved working with Kibwe and you can listen to him in conversation with Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer and watch more of his film work here.

Rambert Dancers in Aisha and Abhaya © 2020, ROH and Rambert.
Studio footage and backstage images by Miguel Altunaga Jr.
Production image by Foteini Christofilopoulou.

A co-production between Rambert and The Royal Ballet, in association with BBC Films and Robin Saunders.

Directed by Kibwe Tavares
Choreography by Sharon Eyal

Peaky Blinders Creator Steven Knight: Interview

Hear all about our new production by Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.

Rooms Trailer

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17 dancers, 36 scenes, 100 characters, 1000 costumes…

Like passing-by miniature scenes through a train window, or cycling through the streets and peering into apartments, we all love to glimpse into other lives and the homes they’re lived out in.

Rambert’s brilliant dancers invite us into wildly different worlds and surprising set-ups. People trying to live their lives, navigate dilemmas, swerve mishaps and survive their mini-dramas.

Rooms is a daftly ambitious dance-theatre film that is performed live. It’s sometimes absurd it’s oftentimes funny. It’s beautiful and it’s peculiar, and occasionally a little bit sad. Or maybe it’s all perfectly normal.

Block Party

From the imagination of Megan Lawson (Adele ‘Oh, My God music video, Madonna ‘Madame X’ tour), jump inside Block Party.

The final piece from the current Rambert2 company is a playful and funky short dance film, that mixes contemporary and street dance with a totally retro vibe.

Block Party is like a game to find the missing piece. The clock is ticking – can you guess the final shape before time runs out?

Credits
Direction/Choreography: Megan Lawson
Direction of Photography: Alana Mejia Gonzalez
Music + Sound Design: Micka Luna
Assistant Choreographer: Daniele Sibilli
Production Design: Barbara Ayozie Fu Safira

Performed and created with:
Loïc Ayme, Pierre-Antoine Bardot, Caiti Carpenter, D’Angelo Castro, Comfort Kondehson, Judy Luo, Emma Spinosi, Jonathan Wade, Archie White, Seren Williams, Verity Wright, Simone Damberg Würtz, Liam Francis

Peaky: Hear from the Creatives

Step inside our studios for your first look into rehearsals of Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby and meet some of the creatives behind the show.

Inspired by the television series Peaky Blinders created by Steven Knight, the show is touring the UK and coming to London this Autumn. You can find out more about the show and book tickets at PeakyBlindersDance.com.

Never to Forget: Behind the Scenes Rehearsal

Behind the scenes in rehearsal for ‘Never to Forget’, a tribute to health and social care workers who have died of Covid-19.

Click here to watch the dance film.

Draw from Within: Behind the Scenes Interview

After months of lockdown, our company of dancers were back together at our South Bank home sign in rehearsing. BBC London News came to our studio to see behind the scenes of our socially distanced creation of a very different digital offering, Draw from Within.

Draw from Within was real time live streamed on Rambert Home Sign In Studio for three performances and can now be viewed on Marquee TV.